camera16
Various Artists - Stories in 3 shots
Curated by Eva Zamboni and Carlo Madesani
opening Tuesday 22nd June h. 6.30 p.m.
exhibition 22nd June - 15th September 2010
tuesday - saturday 3.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Camera16, via Pisacane 16, Milano
Currently Italy doesn't have a market nor a cultural milieu dedicated to the art of reportage. Beyond selected awards, some of them more prestigious than others, still reportage suffer of the old stigma of been the-outsider-of-the-art-world. But in a society in which the information provided by the media passes more and more through images, it is important to re-define the role of photography. A role suspended between reproduction and representation of reality, which reinforce a single concept: photojournalism is undoubtedly art. The strength of this artÊis in the essentiality of an image worth a thousand words. The value of the work is given by the photographer's ability to narrate directly through the eye, reaching into the viewer's heart. It is an art made of long waits and silences, anticipating the moment were even the most obvious subject becomes an icon of a sublime experience. Here is the click, here is human touch, here is the image, here is the work of art. In constant displacement, drifted between stories, sounds, people and cities, being a photo-reporter is not a job but a life choice. Camera16 pays tribute to the glance on the world of Francesco Acerbis, Alfredo Bini, Massimiliano Clausi, Mauro D'Agati, Stefano De Luigi, Giulio Di Sturco, Marco Gualazzini, Pietro Masturzo, Mimi Mollica, Alessandro Vincenzi, contemporary artists, with three images each selected as summary of their entire production.
